1.   It has never gone longer than that without such a pullback, but similar forecasts in recent years have always been wrong.

2.   One can argue that such a pullback might not be a bad idea, assuming it was gradual.

3.   Beilin leads a grassroots campaign that has collected thousands of signatures in support of such a pullback.

4.   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has balked at the scope of such a pullback and has demanded stronger guarantees that the Palestinian will crack down on Islamic militants.

5.   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has balked at the scope of such a pullback and has demanded stronger guarantees that the Palestinians will crack down on Islamic militants.

6.   The drop wiped out what had been a rally early in the session, the second such pullback in as many days.

7.   The Palestinians said this week that such a pullback would be insufficient.

8.   The Palestinians said this week that such a pullback was insufficient.

9.   The previous Israeli government, under prime ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, is believed to have said it would countenance such a pullback.

10.   Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres provoked a political storm in April when he raised the possibility of such a pullback.